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10/01/18
More than 233,000 newly-released Scottish records of births in 1917, marriages in 1942 and deaths
18/12/17
Learn about how we are improving forename searching in church registers, census returns and other records.
18/12/17
Discover some Christmassy names in our registers spanning the centuries
18/12/17
Discover what life was like at 4,400 feet for scientists at the Ben Nevis Observatory
10/10/17
Discover Scotland's authors within the 1935 valuation rolls
10/10/17
2.7 million names and addresses for owners and occupiers of properties in Scotland added to the site
22/06/17
The release of over 36,000 new baptism, marriage and death records from presbyterian churches
22/06/17
A mother visits her dying soldier son
21/04/17
Learn how our latest updates have made searches for marriages and deaths easier